A note on the DADT repeal.
Dec. 19th, 2010 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreThere seems to be a lot of confusion about what was repealed on Saturday. The 1993 "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law added Section 654 to Title 10 of the USC. That's the law that specifically bars homosexuals from serving under any circumstance.
HR 2569 amends Title 10 by removing Section 654 and all references to it from the Code. It no longer exists.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:6:./temp/~c1116zmzxT::
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/654.html
Yes, the law against sodomy still stands, but it's unenforceable and should be gotten rid of as soon as possible. The important thing about DADT being repealed is the mere fact of being gay or bi is no longer a bar to service.
HR 2569 amends Title 10 by removing Section 654 and all references to it from the Code. It no longer exists.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:6:./temp/~c1116zmzxT::
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/654.html
Yes, the law against sodomy still stands, but it's unenforceable and should be gotten rid of as soon as possible. The important thing about DADT being repealed is the mere fact of being gay or bi is no longer a bar to service.
